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Cisco Kills Its Android Tablet (CSCO, GOOG, AAPL)

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 12:50 pm

Two years ago Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) introduced a tablet device it had named the ‘Cius’, which used the Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). The7-inch device ...
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B2B Focus Returns: SAP Acquiring Ariba (SAP, ARBA, ORCL)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 3:16 pm

If you recall the term B2B, you are going back a decade and then some as far as internet companies.  Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) was one of the key business-to-business ...
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Philly Fed & Leading Indicators Show More Risk Of Slowdown

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 10:18 am

The woes of Europe and the slowing of growth in the BRIC nations is starting to show up more and more in the economic numbers being reported and this will ...
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LegalZoom Discloses Finances In IPO Filing

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 10:44 am

LegalZoom.com, Inc. (NYSE: LGZ) has now publicly filed its registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its proposed initial public offering.  The company offers online services such as ...
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FedEx Acquires French Company, Still Lags UPS (FDX, UPS)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 9:11 am

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced this morning that it has signed an agreement to acquire French express transportation company TATEX. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and no details ...
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Pitney Bowes Posts New Low on Lack of Demand (PBI, XRX, HPQ)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 11:21 am

Business equipment firm Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) reported first quarter earnings after markets closed last night, and while the company slightly exceeded expectations for adjust EPS and revenues, the ...
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Lowered Forecast Hammers D&B (DNB, EFX, FICO, MCO, MHP)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 10:50 am

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE: DNB), one of the venerable names in business and credit data, is taking some lumps this morning following lowered fiscal year forecast and the closure ...
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ISM Services Economy Shows Slowest Growth This Year

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 10:36 am

The Institute for Supply Management has released its data for April's ISN non-Manufacturing sector and the reading is indicative of weaker and slowing growth.  The overall NMI came in at ...
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How Bad Are Things in the Garbage and Waste Management Sector? (WM, RSG, WCN, BIN, ECOL, VLO)

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 8:01 am

The garbage and waste management sector is supposed to be a futurist’s delight. There are generally large barriers to entry for new players and most geographies are controlled by regional monopolies or ...
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Q1-2012 GDP Not Strong But No Recession Fears

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 8:47 am

The Commerce Department has released its first quarter's initial projection of Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of 2012.  The results are weaker than expected but they will put ...
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Indian IT Outsourcing Woes Continue (WIT, INFY, CTSH, IBM)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 5:57 am

Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) is following the same lead as was recently set by Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY). The Indian information technology outsourcing firm turned in profit growth of almost ...
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Splunk Underwriters Did Huge Disservice (SPLK, MS, CS, JPM, BAC)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 6:35 am

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) was touted as a hot IPO but became a sizzling hot IPO. The company priced 13.5 million shares at $17.00 per share, but this was a premium ...
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Infosys Feels IT-Outsourcing Pressure (INFY)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 8:58 am

Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) is the king of IT-outsourcing in India, but today that king is finding itself under fire.  The company said that it sees 8% to 10% for ...
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Small Business Confidence Takes A Scary Dive

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 7:59 am

The National Federation of Independent Business is out with a report this morning that should be causing some concerns for the broader economy when you consider that it is supposed ...
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ClickSoftware Stumbles on Lowered Forecast (CKSW)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 10:40 am

Workforce management software maker ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CKSW) this morning forecast revenue for its first fiscal quarter at approximately $21.6 million, substantially lower than the $23.4 million consensus analyst ...
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